parallelwiseadv.
/ˈparəlɛlwʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌlɛlˌwaɪz/ In a parallel manner; parallelly.
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the world > space > relative position > state or position of being parallel > [adverb]
collaterally?a1475
equidistantly?a1560
parallelwise1599
parallelly1607
1599 E. Wright Certaine Errors Navigation sig. I3v Carying one foote along by the edge of the ruler, leade the other foote parallel-wise (that is, keeping it always equally at that distance from the ruler).
1606 W. Crashaw Falsificationum Romanarum sig. Iiij Standing so together paralel-wise, that a man may see them both at one sight.
1764 Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 188 All the sorts of rays, whether united in a pencil of light, or separated parallelwise by refraction.
1852 U.S. Democratic Rev. June 546/1 Two or three red-painted tables, that stood out parallel-wise from the side wall opposite the bar.
1879 Amer. Naturalist 13 696 Parallel-wise with this plane all of the partitions of the digestive cavity trend.
1966 Ecology 47 1077/1 Independently and parallelwise,..a Conservation Foundation study covers the same ground as Miss Carson.
1995 Re: Underlying Physical Principles in sci.physics (Usenet newsgroup) 31 Dec. All you have to do is move the rod sideways even as you lower it parallel-wise to the trunk edge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1599